The Search and Rescue Dog Task Group provides volunteer search dog/handler teams to law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency management agencies throughout North Carolina to aid in the search, rescue, or recovery of lost or missing persons. All teams are certified in K9 tracking, air scent, area search, and/or cadaver detection, working in day and night operations in wilderness, mountain, rural, and residential environments, and in all weather conditions in which it is safe for teams to operate. Team leaders are experienced in planning and coordinating search dog operations in small and large scale multi-jurisdictional search, rescue, and recovery operations. Typical searches have included lost, injured, or overdue hikers, hunters, Alzheimer's patients and wanderers, missing children, drownings, despondents, and law enforcement investigations. LCRS K9 Policies, Procedures, and Standards for Operational Dog Teams are compliant with most recognized national K9 standards. Linville-Central currently has four operational dog teams on its roster.

Attention Members

Reminder for Squad Medical Personnel: BLS and ALS Inservice training with Avery EMS on the third Monday and the following Thursday of each month. See calendar, EMS training officer, or call Mayland Community College for details.